Legislative analyst vs process analyst

The differences between legislative analysts and process analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a legislative analyst and a process analyst. Additionally, a process analyst has an average salary of $73,233, which is higher than the $69,579 average annual salary of a legislative analyst.

The top three skills for a legislative analyst include policy issues, legislative process and DOD. The most important skills for a process analyst are process improvement, project management, and customer service.

Legislative analyst vs process analyst overview

	Legislative Analyst	Process Analyst
Yearly salary	$69,579	$73,233
Hourly rate	$33.45	$35.21
Growth rate	11%	11%
Number of jobs	38,794	123,238
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

What does a legislative analyst do?

A legislative Analyst is a person who reviews and analyzes the possible effects of specific laws on the constituents and other people concerned. Thus, the person responsible must have excellent writing and research skills since they often use them in their day-to-day activity. Their work is to determine the law's negative and positive effects according to statements and policies used as strategy or evidence. Often, they work under pressure since sessions and legislation last for long hours.

What does a process analyst do?

A process analyst is also known as an operations research analyst, who evaluates in detail the steps in producing products and making important decisions as well as providing recommendations on how to enhance them. They are IT specialists that analyze the business process and workflows to determine how they can be computerized and improved. Responsibilities include identifying problems and risks as well as engaging in problem resolution. Important skills to consider for applicants include being innovative thinkers and goal-oriented.

Legislative analyst vs process analyst salary

Legislative analysts and process analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Legislative Analyst	Process Analyst
Average salary	$69,579	$73,233
Salary range	Between $50,000 And $95,000	Between $49,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	-	Santa Clara, CA
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between legislative analyst and process analyst education

There are a few differences between a legislative analyst and a process analyst in terms of educational background:

	Legislative Analyst	Process Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Legislative analyst vs process analyst demographics

Here are the differences between legislative analysts' and process analysts' demographics:

	Legislative Analyst	Process Analyst
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 54.7% Female, 45.3%	Male, 50.8% Female, 49.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Asian, 9.8% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 8.2% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 12.2% White, 66.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between legislative analyst and process analyst duties and responsibilities

Legislative analyst example responsibilities.

Manage all issues relate to high quality survey administration including training and approval/certification, performance oversight and data collection.
Maintain oversight and auditing of all certify organizations and individuals statewide, ensuring regulatory compliance and issue sanctions for violations.
Guide surface transportation and water resources infrastructure projects and identify and facilitate appropriations requests.
Publish organizational blogposts and other editorial content and manage relations with coalition partners.

Process analyst example responsibilities.

Lead the development and implementation of application and infrastructure solutions that are stable, operationally healthy, and supportable in production.
Develop and manage department SharePoint site to use as a collaborative document management tool.
Collaborate with project manager in tracking and managing project development process following RUP base SDLC methodologies.
Used Visio for process mapping to review operational procedures when determining areas of improvement.
Look at Java code to help debug it.
Test CRM platform through complex use of matrices to be able to segment a database for a more applicable personal contact.

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Legislative analyst vs process analyst skills

Common legislative analyst skills

Policy Issues, 11%
Legislative Process, 7%
DOD, 7%
Congressional Hearings, 6%
Legislative Issues, 4%
Public Policy, 3%

Common process analyst skills

Process Improvement, 9%
Project Management, 7%
Customer Service, 6%
Continuous Improvement, 5%
Sigma, 4%
Business Processes, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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